CVE-2025-57716

State: Published
Severity: 6.0 Medium
Published: Oct 14, 2025
Updated: Feb 26, 2026
Reserved: Aug 18, 2025

Description

An Uncontrolled Search Path Element vulnerability [CWE-427] in FortiClient Windows 7.4.0 through 7.4.3, 7.2.0 through 7.2.11, 7.0 all versions may allow a local low privileged user to perform a DLL hijacking attack via placing a malicious DLL to the FortiClient Online Installer installation folder.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
3.1	6.0 Medium	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P/RL:O/RC:C	fortinet

Weaknesses

CWE-427 Execute unauthorized code or commands

Affected Products

Product	Versions
FortiClientWindowsFortinet	7.4.0 through 7.4.3Affected 7.2.0 through 7.2.11Affected 7.0.0 through 7.0.14Affected

References

https://fortiguard.fortinet.com/psirt/FG-IR-25-685

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